I had been a loyal VERA user for a number of years it has been a great few years, learned a lot, gain HA experiences and earlier this year (June) decided to transition to HomeSeer (with a little coaxing from a fellow VERA/HomeSeer user) which allows me to use any Windows mini-pc (Win 10) or raspberry platforms. I?ve been quite happy with both performance; no reboots other than myself when I?m doing changes to the system. The speed from trigger to action(s) is nearly instantaneous and I?m not location sensitive (generally) meaning I had to previously position my Vera Edge in close centralized proximity to my door locks, not anymore. The base HomeSeer software initial cost is slightly more than Vera but updates/upgrades are free. They have a healthy plugin Library for additional functionality/capabilities which are very similar to ones used with Vera.

The one drawback is that a number of the plugins e.g. BlueIris, UltraWeather, GoogleData (calendar) cost monies ($25-$39) but a number of them are also free.